Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient Certificate Program

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Explore the Nuanced Complexities of Pediatric Surgery

To keep their young patients safe, surgical teams must understand the anatomical and physiological differences between children and adults – particularly how a child’s continuous functional development affects every aspect of perioperative care.

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This new certificate program covers preop, intraop, and postop pediatric care topics.

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Stay Current in Pediatric Surgical Improvements Such as:

  • Diagnostic and interventional technologies
  • Anesthetics and pain management
  • Minimally invasive techniques
  • Smaller more delicate instruments

Program Objectives Include:

  • Identifying key components of the perioperative pediatric assessment and plan of care.
  • Relating age-specific elements of the physiological and psychosocial perioperative assessment.
  • Relating appropriate prevention interventions used to address potential complications.
  • Identifying the relationship between developmental stages and age-appropriate interventions, and more.

Who Will Benefit From This Course?

  • Experienced nurses who are not yet knowledgeable with, or who want a refresher on, pediatric perioperative care.
  • Nurse and surgical team members who want to expand into the pediatric surgical specialty.
  • Perioperative educators who want to build their pediatric surgical specialty offerings.


*To earn 2.0 Contact Hours, the learner must pass the posttest with a score of at least 80% and complete the course evaluation. The learner has access to the course for 4 months.
Contact hours for this course will expire on September 1, 2023.

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